diff --git a/lib/cradle/cache.js b/lib/cradle/cache.js
index 5b60877..c58a4a9 100644
--- a/lib/cradle/cache.js
+++ b/lib/cradle/cache.js
@@ -89,7 +89,10 @@ this.Cache.prototype = {
                 that.keys -= pruned;
             });
         }
-    }
+    },
+   purgeall: function() {
+     this.store = [];
+     this.keys = 0;
 };
 
 function clone(obj) {
diff --git a/lib/cradle/database/index.js b/lib/cradle/database/index.js
index f56fdd9..e1485c3 100644
--- a/lib/cradle/database/index.js
+++ b/lib/cradle/database/index.js
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ Database.prototype.create = function (callback) {
 Database.prototype.destroy = function (callback) {
     if (arguments.length > 1) {
         throw new(Error)("destroy() doesn't take any additional arguments");
-    } 
-    
+    }      
+    this.cache.purgeall();     
     this.query({
         method: 'DELETE', 
         path: '/', 
-    }, callback);    
+    }, callback);  
 };
 
 //
@@ -62,4 +62,4 @@ Database.prototype.destroy = function (callback) {
 require('./attachments');
 require('./changes');
 require('./documents');
-require('./views');
\ No newline at end of file
+require('./views');